Spessart

German

Etymology

From Middle High German Speshart, from Old High German Spehteshart, from speht, speh (“woodpecker”) + hard (“mountain forest”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛsaʁt/
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  • Hyphenation: Spes‧sart

Proper noun

der Spessart m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Spessarts)

  1. a mountain range in the Lower Franconia region, Bavaria and Hesse

Proper noun

Spessart n (proper noun, genitive Spessarts or (optionally with an article) Spessart)

  1. a municipality of Brohltal, Ahrweiler district, Rhineland-Palatinate

Derived terms

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